Golf score counter



Dec. 19, 1933. L, LEVIN 1,940,134

GOLF SCORE COUNTER Filed sept. 2, 1930 fig. 4.

/Nz/ENTo/e ou/s L e vm 'y Patented Dec. `1h91, 1.933V v ,Y

Y 17,940,134V f GOLF SCORE COUNTER Loiiispevixi. Les Angeles, calin, assigner' to yMax e E zimmn', Beverly Hills Califf i Appleman Smembr 2; 193- Seal Ni- 479914" lsolenne. (01. 2355-117) `This Ainvention relates tol a counterwhich can be used for scoring or counting, and `while the? improvements may be embodied in counters used for any purpose whatevenftheyare intended to f` jr'be particularly useful when embodied'in a small,

compact counter which.` can rbe readily carried in ones, hand. The general object of the invention is to produce a counter of simple construction,of few parts and very compact, and which` 1 can be constructed to be used as anattachment for the end1of a pencil' or fountainpen or the like, to be carried in ones pocket. Y The device'is`H intended to be particularly useful when attached e to the handle of a putter, andemployed for countfing putts or strokes in playing golf.`

In its construction, the device employsfrotat-A able number dials such as are `employed in counters and adding machines.` In such machines, however, in order to carry from a units dial toy] i0 a tens dial, it is necessary toprovide the number dials with gear wheels whichmesh with pinions alongside of Ythe dials` for effecting" they carrying movements.: One of the objects of this invention Ais to provide an improved carrying mechanism which will avoid the necessity of employing gearf wheels on the number vdials and'which willenable the mechanism to be readily used in a smalltubularcaksmg y e A further object of the invention is to provide o a simple detent mechanism for holding the number dials in any position to'which they havebeen advanced.. f

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all of which contribute to produce an efcient appended claims. Inthe drawing; n e n Fig. 1 vis a side elevation of the device, fullsize broad scope of the invention is pointed out in thev and illustrating thesame applied to theend of a fountain pen broken away.

r felon. Fig. 3 isa sideelevation of a line for .holding the dials in any"`positionv to whichr they have been advanced. f'

` Fig. use. side elevation 'shewnigtheiumts diei Furtherobjects of theinvention willeappear n r sleeve vwhich i I prefer to employ as a part of the detent means together with e sleeve te wiiienfthis amis atteehed.- I ,e j

Fig. 5 vis a cross-section through the vdeviceY taken en the line 5 5 of Fig. `2.

Fig. `6 ,is a cross-section taken on the .lineH 60 efFig. 2.y

Figs. 5 and 6 are upon a slightly reduced scale.V In practicing the invention, I provide -a casingA which is preferably of tubular form and in this casing I maintain a spindle on the axis of thesis; l,

casing. I also provide a counter dial mounted fori rotation by the spindle, and this-dial is employed for indicating the strokes or other events" that are `to be counted'. In 'addition to this, I providetotaling' dials which. in a small device may be `7u i only two in number, including a units dial' and a tens dial which are freely rotatable on the axis of the spindle.- i f :Between the counter dial and the units dial, I 'provide means including a one-way drive connec- 75 tion foradvancing the units dial .whenever the*V counter dial is'advanced. i As the units dial rotates. at each revolution. it carries over vto the.. tensj dial. ,This carrying ispreferably effected through theagency of a carrying pawluordog that is carried on the units dial and which isV projected automatically; at each revolution itengages the tens Adial sov as to advance it through one number space.v ,'Ihe detentV means for thegnumber dialsv preferably include a common;u detent member 851' which may be in the form of a ,liner sleeve placed K in the` tubular casing ,of the device.

Referring more `particularly to the parts,Y I fin-Vf dicatesvthe `casing of the counter whichispref- V1k l i vfk 'l l n 'The invention consistsin the novel parts and emolyoftubular orm'al'd 1f deslredthls ca-Smg 90 combinations of parts to be described hereinaften,

maybe -provided at one end `with a threadedY nipple?, to enable it to be attached to the end of a penci or a fountain pen as indicated at. 3 in e Figl'flgor if desired, thisthreaded nipple could be screwed into the end of la golf club.

,'Mounted for'rotation on the axis of the casing,` I provide a spindle 4 which may be rotated at i will in either'dir'ection by means of a thumb head which is secured toits outer end. r Theinner end e of the spindle may be provided with a neck` 6 Al0() f Y K r of j reduced diameter which may be rotatably Fig. `2 is a view showing the casing of the device partially in section and partially in elevation, cer. tain parts being broken vaway and shown iny secmounted onthe'finner end of thecasing or, as illustrated'in an. innerdisc or washer 'l seating at the inner'end of the casing.

line with a counter 'dial'11. This dial carries numbers onits face, as indicated, which run from'l l0 to 9.V This dialis mounted on the spindle 4 so thatitwill rotate with theV spindle butso that 1-10` it can slide longitudinally on the spindle. For this purpose the spindle may be provided with a square neck 12 received in a square opening in the hub of the dial 11. In using the counter, this dial is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow by means of the thumb head 5. The rotation in this direction is imparted to a units dial 13 that is located near the outer end of the casing.

The drive from the dial 11 to the dial 13 is a one-way drive connection. Any suitable one-way drive connection may be employed but in the present instance, I have provided ratchet teeth 14 on the face of the dial 1l to engage with corresponding ratchet teeth 15 on the adjacent face of a cylindrical head 16 that is rigid with the dial 13, being connected to the same by a sleeve 17. When the head 16 and the dial 13 have been advanced by the movement of the dial 11,- detent means operates to hold the dial 13 and sleeve 17 against further movement. This means will be described hereinafter.

Alongside of the units dial 13 I provide a tens dial 18 which is freely rotatable on the sleeve 1'7 between the head land the dial 13, and I'provide carrying means for carrying to the tens dial at each revolution of the units dial. For this purpose I provide a carrier dog in the form of a pin 19 that is mounted to slide longitudinally in the dial 13. This pin has a head at one end with an inclined face 20 which at each revolution comes in contact with a cam 21 which is relatively fixed, being carried on a head 22 xed in the outer end of the casing.

The dog 19 has a stem 23 on its end towards the dial 18 but this stem is normally held in a retracted position (see Fig. 2) by means of a coil spring 24.

When the pin 19 strikes the cam 21, this stem 23 isthrust towards the adjacent face of the dial 18 and engages with means on its face that cooperates with the pin to eiect the advance of the dial 18 through one number space. Any suitable means may be employed for this purpose but in the present instance, I. provide ratchetv the head 16 and the dial 18 to hold these partsl in any position. For this purpose I provide a detent pawl or dog 26 which projects radially from the side face of the head and this pin is forced outwardly by a coil spring 2'7'back of it.

It is provided at its outer end with'inclined face 28` which enables it to cooperate with detent means on the inner face of the bore of the barrel or casing 1. This detent means, to cooperate with the pawl, may be in the form of longitudinal grooves formed in the face of the barrel but I prefer to employ for this purpose longitudinal slots 29 formed in a liner sleeve 30 of metal that is slipped into the end of the barrel. These slots 29' also cooperate with a detent pawl or pin 31 which is mounted like the pin 26 but which has arounded nose 32 so that while it will hold itself yieldingly in any of the slots, it permits the dial 18 to be moved in a forward direction.

It is unnecessary to use the same kind of a pawl at this point as the pawl 26 because there is no force tending to rotate this dial 18 in a backward direction, as there is in the case of the head 16. A

In addition to the slots 29, the sleeve 30 should be provided with windows 33 that align with the windows 8, 9 and 10 (see Fig. 5).

The dial 11 is provided with a coil spring 34 that yieldingly holds its teeth 14 in engagement with the ratchet teeth 15 of the head 16.

In using the counter, it will be evident that by rotating the thumb head 5 in an anti-clockwise direction as indicated by the arrow, the inner end of the spindle 4 will rotate the counter dial 11. As this dial advances, its ratchet teeth advance the head 16 which is detained by the detent pawl 26 in the position to which it has been advanced, with one of the numbers on the face of dial 13 appearing in the units window 9. As successive strokes are counted, the dials 13 and 18 operate as totaling dials, that is to say, the ratchet teeth 14 and 15 permit the dial 11 to be set back to 0 whenever-desired, without the dial 13 being set back. When this is done, the ratchet teeth 14 and 15 slip over each other at their inclined faces, the spring 34` being compressed to permit this.v

At each revolution of the dial 13, the carrier pin 19 when it engages the cam 21, will be moved so that its stem 23 projects out and engages one of the teeth 2,5 of the tens dial 18. The cam 2l, however, circumferentially measured, is about the same length as the pitch of the teeth 25 so that as soon as the carrier dog 19 has advanced the dial 18 through one tooth space, it will have passed the cam 21 and will release the dial 18.,

the same number appears in the window 8 as is,

showing in the units. window 9. After this occurs, then the thumb head should be rotatedY in an anti-clockwise direction, as indicated by the arrow, until a 0 appears in the window 10.

It is understoodthat the embodiment of the invention described herein is only one of the many embodiments this invention may take, and I do not wish to be limited in the practice of the invention, nor in the claims, to the particular embodiment set forth.

What I claim is:

1. In a counter of the kind described, the combination of a cylindrical casing, a spindle mounted for rotation coaxially in said casing, a counter dial mounted for rotation thereby, totaling dials including a units dial and a tens dial freely rotatable on the axis of said spindle, means including a one-way drive connection for advancing the said units dial from the first named counter dial when rotated, detent means for holding'the` units dial in any position to which I it is advanced, a carrying dog carried by the units dial and movable on the dial longitudinally with respect to the spindle, said tens dial having teeth on its end face to correspond with the numbers on its circumferential face, and a head A bination of a cylindrical casing, a spindle mounted for rotation coaxially in said casing, a counter dial mounted for rotationthereby, totalling dials.

includingV aunits dial anda tensfdial freelyv rotatable on the axis of said spindle, means yincluding a one-way drive connection for advancing the said units dial from the first named counter dial when rotated, detent means for holding the units dial in any position to which it is advanced, a Y carrier dog inthe form of a sliding pin mounted adjacent to the said unit dial, a spring-associated `with the pin for normally holding the same in a retracted position outy of engagement'with the teeth, and ahead in the end of the cylindrical casing having a fixed cam in the path of the pin for projecting the same toward the tens dial once in each revolution to engage one of the said teeth, andthereby carry to the tens dial from the unit dial.

3. In a counter of the kind described, the combination of a substantially tubular casing, a spindle mounted for rotation coaxially in said casing,

acounter dial mounted on the spindle for rotation thereby, a sleeve rotatably mounted on the spindle and having a one-way drive connection with the counter dialso as to be advanced when the counter dial is rotated in a forward direction, totalling dials including a unit dialfrigid with said sleeve and a tens dial rotatably mount- Aed on said sleeve, a detent pawl carried by the sleeve, and a detent pawl carried by the tens dial, means cooperating with both of said detent pawls for holding the sleeve and the counter dial in any position in which the same are left, and carrying means for carrying from the unit dial to the tens dial. Y

. 4. In acounter of the kind described, the combination of a substantially tubular casing, a spindle mounted for rotation coaxially-in saidcasing, a counter dial rigidly mounted on the spindle for rotation thereby, a sleeve'. rotatably mounted on theA spindle vand having. a one-way drive conr` nection with the counter dial so as to be advanced when the 'counterA dial is rotated in a forward direction', totalling dials including a unit dial rigid with said sleeve anda tens dial rotatably mounted on said sleeve, a detentpawl carried by the sleeve, and a detent pawl carried by the tens dial, a fixed sleeve within the casing and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced slots therein, each slot cooperating with both of said detent pawls for holding the iirst named sleeve and the counter dial in any-positionv in which the same are left, and carrying means for carrying from the unit dial to the tens dial.

5. In a counter of the kind described, thecombination of a substantially tubular casing, a spindle mounted for rotation coaxially in said casing, a counter dialmounted on the said spindle for rotation by the spindle but capable of longitudinal movement along the spindle, a sleeve ro-V tatably mounted on` the spindle and having ratchet-teeth on the face thereof adjacent .the counter dial,` said counter Vdial having corresponding ratchet means for engaging the teeth of the sleeve,'cooperating therewith to lform a said teeth and ratchet means in engagement with each other, totalling dials ,including a unit dial rigidly mounted on said sleeve, and a tens dial rotatably mounted on said sleeve, detent means for holding said sleeve and units dial in any position to which the same areadvanced by the counter dia1,detent means for holding the tens dial in anyA position to which it is advanced by the unit dial, and means for carrying from the units-dial to the tens dial..

' 6. In a counter of the kinddescribed, the combination of a tubularvcasing, a liner-.sleeve se`` curedwithin the casing and having a plurality o1' i longitudinal slots in the wall thereof, a xed khead mounted at the outer end of the liner sleeve,

a spindle` rotatably mounted coaxially in said casing and havinga shank passing through said head, a thumb-head attached to said shank for rotating the'spindle, a counter dial mounted to slide on the inner endof the spindle and mounted so as to be rotated by the spindle, a loose sleeve rotatably mounted on the spindle between the counter dial and the said xed head, a one-way drive connection between the counter dial and' lsaid sleeve for advancing the sleeve when the counter dial is advanced and including ratchet teeth on the adjacent `faces of the counter dial and sleeve with a spring pressingthe counter dial toward the sleeve, totalling dials including a `units dial rigidly. mounted on the sleeve and a tens dial freely rotatable on the sleeve, a oneandcooperating with the said slots tohold the tens dialin any position to which it isadvanoed,

and carrying means including a relatively xed y cam for carrying from the .unit dial to the tens dial at each revolution.

7. In a counter of the kind described, the combination of a cylindrical casing, dials with numn bers on their circumferential faces withinthe casing, detent pawls `carried by the dials, and a l sleeve enveloping the dials having slots at intermediate points on its length to 'cooperate Vwith Y the detent pawls, in holding'the dials'in their set positions, said sleeve having Windows through whichthenumbers of the dials may be seen.

8. In a counter of the kind described, the com- Vbination of an outer cylindrical casing closed at one end, a spindle mounted coaxially in the outer "casing having a reduced neck at its inner end, a

washer at the closed end of the casing and formt ing a bearing for the said neck, dials mounted coaxially on thespindle with numbers on their Vv.liked within the sleeve, said outer head forming` a bearing for the outer end of the. spindle, and

a thumb head secured to the outer end of the y spindle for rotating the dials.l Y l LOUIS LEVIN. 

